Kelvin Brooker has been sentenced to serve two years in federal prison in a case that originated when his car ran out of gas. Brooker appeared before Judge Sandy Mattice. On May 11, 2017, officers with the Chattanooga Police Department made contact with Brooker on the side of the road after his vehicle had run out of gas. Officers agreed to watch his car as he took a taxi ... (click for more)

A man who said he watched child pornography with his wife over a period of about a year has been sentenced to serve 78 months in federal prison. William McBryar appeared before Judge Sandy Mattice. McBryar earlier pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another in the possession of child pornography. Agents found a large number of images of child engaging in sexual activity ... (click for more)

The city of Chattanooga currently has no history center or museum. That is because several years ago it was conveyed to the public, in the blinking of an eye, that $9 million that had been raised mysteriously vanished for reasons unexplainable to this date. In the meantime, valuable artifacts and collections are sitting in cellars, basements and storage facilities instead of being ... (click for more)

There was a time, not so long ago, when school-aged children would learn lessons from a prescribed text, such as a textbook. Today texting is far, far different and, as any of our teachers will tell us, cell phones have become the scourge of education. In almost every classroom, kids will silently text in the shadow of the desk in front of them rather than focus on the lesson. Yet ... (click for more)

Robert Catlett may have been a little bit nervous before Hixson’s first volleyball match of the season Monday evening, but the guy who is now the head coach for the Lady Wildcats after many years as their assistant didn’t seem to show it. Hixson hosted the Boyd-Buchanan Lady Buccaneers in both team’s season opener and it was also the first match for first year Lady Buc coach ... (click for more)